2012 Diversity News

November 2012

On
Nov. 13, the Office for Faculty Development and Diversity will host a
half-day conference, “Creating an Inclusive Research Climate,” from noon
to 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Roger Worthington, a noted scholar of
psychology at the University of Missouri and editor of the Journal of
Diversity in Higher Education. Breakout sessions will be on the themes
of the legitimacy of diversity-related scholarship, gaining inclusion
into the “canon,” and research subject recruitment.

January 2012

January is Mentor Month

Event: January 19th, 2012 Power, Privilege, and Difference

Allan G. Johnson is a sociologist and a writer who has worked on issues of gender inequality and patriarchy. He writes about the reality of patriarchy, gender oppression, and white privilege in ways that avoid cycles of individual guilt and blame. Our goal for Dr. Johnson's visit is to help the University move along the continuum from diversity and cultural competence efforts toward anti-racism and anti-oppression actions for social change.